The man went into the store, grabbed an 18-pack and walked out without paying. When he started running with the beer outside the shop, a woman spotted him and tackled him. The man dropped the beer and kept running, Taylor said.

The woman was not injured.

The thief was about 5 feet 9 inches, 190 pounds and Latino or Filipino. He wore a red-hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and a black backpack.

Police said gas station and convenience store clerks in Watsonville have reported up to five beer thefts during recent weekends.

Watsonville police ask anyone with information to call investigations at 831-768-3352 or leave an anonymous tip on the tip line at 831-728-3544 or by texting WATSPD to 888777.

SANTA CRUZ

Trial set in bathtub burglary

A 43-year-old﻿ man accused of ransacking a Corralitos home will face a trial on Oct. 28, a judge ruled Monday.

Mark Timothy Trinidad of Hollister will answer to charges of felony burglary, grand theft, buying or selling stolen property, drug possession and being a felon in possession of a gun, according to court records. He faces eight to 10 years in prison if convicted, prosecutors said.

Trinidad was arrested after he tried to sell a clawfoot bathtub to an antiques dealer in June. The dealer notified authorities because the man appeared suspicious, and deputies realized a similar bathtub had been stolen from a home in Corralitos.

The home on Caudill Road was stripped of everything, including jewelry, appliances, furniture and even a shower caddy, deputies said. A Mercedes, Ford Ranger and green 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback also were stolen from the property.

Trinidad was held to answer in a preliminary hearing on June 24.

PLEASURE POINT

Powerboat towed to harbor

A stranded 33-foot powerboat off Pleasure Point was towed to the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor on Monday morning.

About 10:25 a.m., several people called 911 from Pleasure Point because they thought﻿ the boat was on fire, said Deputy Harbormaster Blake Anderson. The boat's engine overheated and was steaming, but it was not on fire, authorities said.

No one was injured.

A Santa Cruz Harbor Patrol boat towed the powerboat to the harbor.

LA SELVA BEACH

Fire displaces homeowner

Aptos-La Selva firefighters extinguished a blaze in the kitchen of a home on Vista Drive early Monday morning.

The homeowner was alone in the house and sleeping when the fire broke out about 5:30 a.m. She was alerted to the danger by a tenant living in a small unit at the rear of the one-story house, said Division Chief Mike Conrad of Aptos-La Selva Fire Protection District.

No one was injured in the fire, but the house sustained about $75,000 in fire and smoke damage, Conrad said. The house is uninhabitable, and the owner was able to find a place to stay with friends, he said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

It was the second house fire in the Aptos fire district in less than a week. An early morning blaze Thursday on Vienna Drive left a man dead and a woman hospitalized. That fire also is under investigation, and the man's name has not been released.